This news comes from Variety, and Kurzel is coming off an adaptation of MacBethstarring Fassbender, so this makes sense. Fassbender is the film’s big get, and if he’s comfortable with Kurzel, it makes sense to bring him on to make the star happy, and if they’re not going to throw money at directors (and who would you throw money at these days? Joe Cornish?) why not?

It’s likely that Ubisoft, the makers of the game, are trying to be smart and are applying the Marvel model to their game adaptations. They’re also working on bringing Splinter Celland have plans to adapt the games Watch Dogs, Far Cryand Rabbids. But while comic book movies have hit their stride artistically and have great crossover appeal, the video game movie is still suffering from terrible adaptations that include (but are not limited to) Doom, Tomb Raider, and Super Mario Brothers. The Resident Evilseries is the only one that’s proved to be a steady franchise, though those films are not exactly tentpoles. We’ll see if the tide can turn on game adaptations when Assassin’s Creedhits theaters August 7, 2015.

Damon worked in the film business as a Film Buyer for a theater chain for many years, which gives him an interesting perspective on the numbers. He's written for Collider, Chud, Screencrush, The DVD Journal and Binaryflix online, and was published by The New York Times and Willamette Week, along with his college, high school and middle school papers.